Getting Article 7 done: coalition-building against Hungary in the European Parliament
| Autoři | |
|---|---|
| Rok publikování | 2024 |
| Druh | Recenzovaný odborný článek |
| Časopis / Zdroj | Journal of European Integration |
| Fakulta / Pracoviště MU | |
| Citace | |
| www | Open access článku |
| Doi | https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2024.2441977 |
| Klíčová slova | European Parliament; coalition-building; Article 7; rapporteur; rule of law; Hungary |
| Přiložené soubory | |
| Popis | Following years of democratic backsliding in Hungary, parts of the European Parliament considered the use of Article 7 TEU. The Parliament’s position had evolved considerably over the years, yet it took eight years until the European Parliament activated Article 7 in September 2018. I trace the report that triggered Article 7 from its inception to the final vote. Using in-depth elite and expert interviews, besides analyses of parliamentary debates, votes and official documents, I argue that a coalition was built on the back of strategic timing, depoliticisation and lobbying. I show that the rapporteur was the key figure in this process. Using this explanatory framework on a thick case study, I show how an unlikely coalition was built through policy entrepreneurship in a hard case. This success holds lessons for democracy defenders in other cases. |
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